A new Pew Research Center/USA Today poll finds that 53 percent of Americans disapprove of health care reform. Even 46 percent of uninsured Americans disapprove of the law.

That doesn't mean, however, that Republicans can count on public support if their opposition to funding the law leads to a government shutdown. Only 23 percent of Americans said elected officials who oppose Obamacare should try to make the law fail. Most of the people who disapprove of health care reform think Congress should try to make it work as well as possible.

Obama is right: Americans don't want another crisis. But they don't necessarily want all of the president's policies either. This is a recipe for a showdown, or a compromise. It's up to Obama and Congress to decide which way to go.

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